#4D49E6#4D49E6

#4D49E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.229 H 275.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D49E6
RGB	rgb(77, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(242, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(242, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.30, 49.02, -78.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.30, 92.73, 301.91°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.0234 -0.2273)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.229 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7214, 12.0543, 76.1350)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D49E6 #E2E649

analogous

#4993E6 #4D49E6 #9C49E6

triadic

#4D49E6 #E64D49 #49E64D

tetradic

#4D49E6 #E64993 #E2E649 #49E69C

square

#4D49E6 #E64993 #E2E649 #49E69C

split-complementary

#4D49E6 #E69C49 #93E649

monochromatic

#19169F #221DD5 #4D49E6 #827FED #B6B5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#4D49E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#4D49E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D49E6

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D49E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D49E6	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.229 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#917def',
    500: '#4d49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d49e6;
$custom-light: #917def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.529,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51459,
    "c": 0.22855,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D49E6

secondary

#E2E4A7

accent

#F235EE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D49E6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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